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CONTENTS
Sections
CHAPTER - I Preliminary
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Definitions
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Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in designated
trades
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Contract of apprenticeship
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Related
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Obligations of employers
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Obligations of apprentices
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Payment to apprentices
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instruction
of
apprentices
The Act came into force on March 1, 1962 vide GSR 246, dated February 12,1962
Published in Gazette of India, Pt. II, S.1, dated December 30, 1964.
Published in Gazette of India, Pt.II, S. 1, dated May 24, 1968 and came into force on August
15,1968.
Act 27 of 1973 came into force w.e.f. December 1, 1974 vide GSR 1293, dated November
1974.
Act 41 of 1986 came into force w.e.f. December 16,1987 vide GSR 974E), dated December
10, 1987.
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Settlement of disputes
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CHAPTER
- III Authorities
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Authorities
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Constitution of Councils
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Apprenticeship Advisers
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Offences by companies
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Cognizance of offences
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Delegation of powers
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Construction of references
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Repealed
THE SCHEDULE
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An Act to provide for the regulation and control of training of apprentices [ * *] and for
matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:
Prefatory Note - The Act was introduced in the form of a bill on August 19,1961. For
Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, Extra., Part II, Section 2, dated
August 19,1961.
CHAPTER-I
Preliminary
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It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different States.
(a)
any area or to any industry in any area unless the Central Government by notification in the
Official Gazette specifies that area or industry as an area or industry to which the said
provisions shall apply with effect from such date as may be mentioned in the notification:
(b)
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(c)
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[any such special apprenticeship scheme for imparting training to apprentices as any be
notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette).
Definition
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
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[(a) "All India Council" means the All India Council of Technical Education established by the
resolution of the Government of India in the former Ministry of Education No. F. 16-10/44E-III,
dated the 30th November, 1945;]
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The original clause (a) renumbered as clause (aa) and a clause (a) inserted by Act 27 of 1973.
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The original clause (a) renumbered as clause (aa) and a clause (a) inserted by Act 27 of 1973.
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(b)
"Apprenticeship Adviser" means the Central Apprenticeship Adviser appointed under subsection (1) of Section 26 or the State Apprenticeship Adviser appointed under sub-section
(2) of that section;
(c)
"Apprenticeship Council" means the Central Apprenticeship Councilor the State Apprenticeship Council established under sub-section (1) of Section 24;
(d)
in relation to
(a) the Central Apprenticeship Council, or
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(c)
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in relation to
(a)
(b)
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(e)
[(dd)"
"designated trade" 17[means any trade or occupation or any subject field in engineering
or technology [or any vocational coursers which the Central Government, after
consultation with the Central Apprenticeship Council, may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, specify as a designated trade for the purposes of this Act;
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Ins. by Act 27 of 1973 and subs. by Act 41 of 1986, S.2 (w.e.f. 16-12-1987)
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(f)
"employer" means any person who employs one or more other persons to do any work in '
an establishment for remuneration and includes any person entrusted with the supervision
and control of employees in such establishment;
(g)
"establishment" includes any place where any industry is carried on; 19[and where an
establishment consists of different departments or have branches, whether situated in the
same place or at different places, all such departments or branches shall be treated as
part of the establishments];
(h)
(i)
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(k)
"industry" means any industry or business in which any trade, occupation or subject field
in engineering or technology [or any vocational course]21 may be specified as a
designated trade;]
(I)
"National Coul1cil" means the National Council for Training in Vocational Trades
established by the resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour
(Directorate General of Resettlement and Employment) No. TR/E.P.- 24/56, dated the 21
st August 1956 22[ and re-named as the National Council for Vocational Training by the
resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour (Directorate General of
Employment and Training) No. DGET/12/21/80- TC, dated the 30th September, 1981 ;]
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(m)
(0) " State Council" means a State Council for Training in Vocational Trades established by
the State Government;
(p)
[(pp)"Technician (vocational) apprentice" means an apprentice who holds or is undergoing training in order that he may hold a certificate in vocational course involving two years
of study after the completion of the secondary stage of school education recognised by
the All-India Council and undergoes apprenticeship training in such subject field in any
vocational course as may be prescribed; ]
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[(q) "trade apprentice" means an apprentice who undergoes apprenticeship training in any
[(r) "worker" means any persons who is employed for wages in any kind of work and who gets
his wages directly from the employer but shall not include an apprentice referred to in
clause( aa).]
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CHAPTER-II
Apprentices and their training
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(b)
[3-A.
Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in
designated trades:
(1 )
in every designated trade, training places shall be reserved by the employer for the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes 29[ and where there is more than one
designated trade in an establishment, such training places shall be reserved also on the
basis of the total number of apprentices in all the designated trades in such
establishment].
(2) the number of training places to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
Tribes under sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed, having regard to the
population of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the State concerned.
Explanation: In this section, the expressions "Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall
have the meanings as in clauses (24) and (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution].
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(1 )
(2)
The apprenticeship training shall be deemed to have commenced on the date on which
the contract of apprenticeship has been entered into under sub-section (1).
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(3)
Every contract of apprenticeship may contain such terms and conditions as may be
agreed to by the parties to the contract:
Provided that no such term or condition shall be inconsistent with any provision of this Act
or any rule made thereunder.
(4)
Every contract of apprenticeship entered into under sub-section (1) shall be sent by the
employer within such period as may be prescribed to the Apprenticeship Adviser for
registration.
(5)
(6)
Where the Central Government, after consulting the Central Apprenticeship Council,
makes any rule varying the terms and conditions of apprenticeship training of any
.category of apprentices undergoing such training, then, the terms and conditions of every
contract of apprenticeship relating to that category of apprentices and subsisting
immediately before the making of such rule shall be deemed to have been modified
accordingly.]
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[(aa)in the case of trade apprentices who, having undergone institutional training in a school or
other institution affiliated to or recognised by a Board or State Council of Technical
Education or any other authority which the Central Government may, by notification in the
official gazette specify in this behalf, have passed the trade tests 35[ or examinations]
conducted by that Board or State Councilor authority, the period of apprenticeship training
shall be such as may be prescribed;]
b)
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in the case of other 36[trade apprentices], the period of apprenticeship training shall be
such as may be prescribed;
ticesj38 and the period of apprenticeship training shall be such as may be prescribed.]
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(2)
(3)
After considering the contents of the application and the objections, if any, filed by the
other party, the Apprenticeship Adviser may, by order in writing, terminate the contract, if
he is satisfied that the parties to the contract or any of them have or has failed to carry out
the terms and conditions of the contract and it is desirable in the interests of the parties or
any of them to terminate the same:
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(a)
for failure on the part of the employer to carry out the terms and conditions of the
contract, the employer shall pay to the apprentice such compensation as may prescribed;
(b)
for such failure on the part of the apprentice, the apprentice or his guardian shall
refund to the employer as cost of training such amount as may be determined by
the Apprenticeship Adviser.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, where a contract of
apprenticeship has been terminated by the Apprenticeship Adviser before the expiry of
the period of apprenticeship training and a new contract of ~pprenticeship is being
entered into with a employer, the Apprenticeship Adviser may, if he satisfied that the
contract of apprenticeship with the previous employer could not be completed because of
any lapse on the part of the previous employer, permit the period of apprenticeship
training already undergone by the apprentice with his previous employer to be included in
the period of apprenticeship training to be undertaken with the new employer.]
[(1) the Central Government shall, after consulting the Central Apprenticeship Council, by
order notified in the Official Gazette, determine for each designated trade the ratio of
trade apprentices to workers other than unskilled workers in that trade:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall be deemed to prevent any employer
from engaging a number of trade apprentices in excess of the ratio determined under' this subsection.
(2)
(3)
in determining the ratio under sub-section (1), the Central Government shall have regard
to the facilities available for apprenticeship training under this Act in the designated trade
concerned as well as to the facilities that may have to be made available by an employer
for the training of graduate or technician apprentices [technician (vocational)
apprentices]41, if any, in pursuance of any notice issued to him under sub-section (3-A)
by the Central Apprenticeship Adviser or such other person as is referred to in that subsection.
the Apprenticeship Adviser may, by notice in writing, require an employer to engage such
number of trade apprentices within the ratio determined by the Central Government for
any designated trade in his establishment, to undergo apprenticeship training in that trade
and the employer shall comply with such requisition:
Provided, that in making any requisition under this sub-section, the Apprenticeship Adviser shall
have regard to the facilities actually available in the establishment concerned.
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[Provided further that the Apprenticeship Adviser may, on a representation made to him by an '
employer and keeping in view the more realistic employment potential, training facilities and
other relevant factors, permit him to engage such a number of apprentices for a designated
trade as is lesser than a number arrived at by the ratio for that trade, not being lesser than
twenty per cent of the number so arrived at, subject to the condition that the employer shall
engage apprentices in other trades in excess in number equivalent to such shortfall.]
(3-A)
the Central Apprenticeship Adviser or any other person not below the rank of an Assistant
Apprenticeship Adviser authorised by the Central Apprentjceship Adviser in writing in this
behalf shall, having regard to
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
such other factors as he may consider fit in the circumstances of the case,
by notice in writing, require an employer to impart training to such number of graduate or
technician apprentices [technician (vocational) apprentices]43, in such trade in his
establishment as may be specified in such notice and the employer shall comply with
such requisition.
Explanation: In this sub-section the expression "management trainee" means a person
who is engaged by an employer for undergoing a course of training in the establishment
of the employer ( not being apprenticeship training under this Act) subject to the condition
that on successful completion of such training, such person shall be employed by the
employer on a regular basis.]
(4)
Several employers may join together for the purpose of providing practical training to the
apprentices under them by moving them between their respective establishments.
(5)
Where, having regard to the public interest, a number of apprentices in excess of the ratio
determined by the Central Government 44[ or in excess of the number specified in a notice
issued under sub-section (3-A)] should, in the opinion of the appropriate Government be
trained, the appropriate Government may require employers to train the additional
number of apprentices.
(6)
Every employer to whom such requisition as aforesaid is made, shall comply with the
requisition if the Government concerned makes available such additional facilities and
such additional financial assistance as are considered necessary by the Apprenticeship
Adviser for the training of the additional number of apprentices.
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(7)
Any employer not satisfied with the decision of the Apprenticeship Adviser under subsection (6), may make a reference to the Central Apprenticeship Council and such reference shall be decided by a Committee thereof appointed by that Council for the purpose
and the decision of that Committee shall be final.
Every employer shall make suitable arrangements in his workshop for imparting a course
of practical training to every apprentice engaged by him in accordance with the
programme approved by the Apprenticeship Adviser.
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[(2) The Central Apprenticeship Adviser or any other person not below the rank of an Assistant
Apprenticeship Adviser authorised by the State Apprenticeship Adviser in writing in this
behalf] shall be given all reasonable facilities for access to each such apprentice with a
view to test his work and to ensure that the practical training is being imparted in accordance with the approved programme:
Provided that 46[the State Apprenticeship Adviser or any other person not below the rank of an
Apprenticeship Adviser authorised by the State Apprenticeship Adviser in writing in this behalf]
shall also be given such facilities in respect of apprentices undergoing training in establishments
in relation to which the appropriate Government is the State Government.
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[ (3)
(4)
Such of the trade apprentices as have got undergone institutional training in a school or
other institution recognised by the National Councilor any other institution affiliated to or
recognised by a Board or State Council of Technical Education or any other authority
which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this
behalf, shall, before admission in the workshop for practical training, undergo a course of
basic training.]
Where an employer employs in his establishment five hundred or more workers, the basic
training shall be imparted to 48[the trade apprentices] either in separate parts of the
workshop building or in a separate building which shall be set up by the employer himself,
but the appropriate Government may grant loans to the employer on easy terms and
repayable by easy instalments to meet the cost of the land, construction and equipment
for such separate building.
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(4-B)
Where an employer deputes any apprentice under sub-section (4-A), such employer shall
pay to the Government the expenses incurred by the Government on such training, at
such rate as may be specified by the Central Government.]
(5)
Where an employer employs in his establishment less than five hundred workers, the
basic training shall be imparted to 5[the trade apprentices] in training institutes set by the
Government.
(6)
In any such training institute, which shall be located within the premises of the.most
suitable establishment in the locality or at any other convenient place 51[ the trade
apprentices]engaged by two or more employers may be imparted basic training.
(7)
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[7 -A)
(8) (a)
Recurring costs (including the cost of stipends) incurred by an employer in connection with 57
{[basic training]58, imparted to trade apprentices other than those referred to in clauses (a) and
(aa) } of Section 6 shall be borne
(i)
If such employer employs 59[two hundred and fifty] workers or more, by the employer;
(i i)
If such employer employs less than 60[two hundred and fifty] workers, by the employer and
the Government In equal shares up to such limit as may be laid down by the Central
Government and beyond that limit, by the employer alone; and
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(b)
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[ (c)
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recurring costs (including the cost of stipends), if any incurred by an employer in connection
with 61 [practical training, including basic training, imparted to trade apprentices referred to in
clauses (a) and (aa)] of Section 6 shall, in every case, be borne by the employer.
recurring costs (excluding the cost of stipends) incurred by an employer in connection with
the practical training imparted to graduate or technician apprentices [technician (vocational)
apprentices]63 shall be borne by the employer and the cost of stipends shall be borne by the
Central Government and the employer in equal shares up to such limit as may be laid down
by the Central Government and beyond that limit, by the employer alone.]
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(2)
Related instruction shall be imparted at the cost of the appropriate Government but the
employer shall, when so required, afford all facilities for imparting such instruction.
(3)
Any time spend by 66[ a trade apprentice] in attending classes on related instruction shall
[ (4)
(5)
In case of trade apprentices who, after having undergone a course of institutional training,
have passed the trade tests conducted by the National Councilor have passed the trade
tests and examinations conducted by a Board or State Council of Technical Education or
any other authority which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, specify in this behalf, the related instruction may be given on such reduced or
modified scale as may be prescribed.
Where any person has, during his course in technical institution, become a graduate or
technician apprentice, 68[technician (vocational) apprentice] and during his
apprenticeship, training he has to receive related instruction, then, the employer shall
release such person from practical training to receive the related instruction in such
institution, for such period as may be specified by the Central Apprenticeship Adviser or
by any other person not below the rank of an Assistant Apprenticeship Adviser authorised
by the Central Apprenticeship Adviser in writing in this behalf.]
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Obligation of employers:
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Act, every employer shall have the following
obligations in relation to an apprentice, namely
(a)
to provide the apprentice with the training in his trade in accordance with the provisions of this
Act, and the rules made thereunder;
(b)
that
person
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[who
possesses the prescribed qualifications] is placed in charge of the training of the apprentice;
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[(bb)
to provide adequate instructional staff, possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed, for
imparting practical and theoretical training and facilities for trade test of apprentices; and]
(c)
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[(.1)] 73[Every trade apprentice] undergoing apprenticeship training shall have the following
obligations, namely :
(a)
(b)
to learn his trade conscientiously and diligently and endeavour to qualify himself as
a skilled craftsman before the expiry of the period of training;
to attend practical and instructional classes regularly;
(c)
to carry out all lawful orders of his employer and superiors in the establishments;
(d)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Payment to apprentices:
(1)
The employer shall pay to every apprentices during the period of apprenticeship training
such stipend at a rate not less than the 77[prescribed minimum, rate, or the rate which
was being paid by the employer on 1 5t January, 1970 to the category of apprentices under
which such apprentice falls, whichever is higher] as may be specified in the contract of
apprenticeship and the stipend so specified shall be paid at such intervals and subject to
such conditions as may be prescribed.
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[(2) An apprentice shall not be paid by his employer on the basis of piece work nor shall he be
required to take part in any output bonus or other incentive scheme.]
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The weekly and daily hours of work of an apprentice while undergoing practical training in
a workshop shall be such as may be prescribed.
(2)
No apprentice shall be required or allowed to work overtime except with the approval of
the Apprenticeship Adviser who shall not grant such approval unless he is satisfied that
such overtime is in the interest of the training of the apprentice or in the public interest.
(3)
An apprentice shall be entitled to such leave as may be prescribed and to such holidays
as are observed in the establishment in which he is undergoing training.
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every apprentice undergoing apprenticeship training in a designated trade in an establishment shall be trainee and not a worker; and
(b)
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(2)
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the provisions of any law with respect to labour shall not apply to or in relation to such
apprentice.
Every employer shall maintain records of the progress of training of each apprentice
undergoing apprenticeship training in his establishment in such form as may be
prescribed.
Every such employer shall also furnish such information and return in such form, to such
authorities and at such intervals as may be prescribed.
Settlement of disputes:
(1)
Any disagreement or dispute between an employer and an apprentice arising out of the
contract to apprenticeship shall be referred to the Apprenticeship Adviser for decisions.
(2)
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Apprenticeship Adviser under subsection (1)
may, within thirty days from the date of communication to him of such decision, prefer an
appeal against the decision to the Apprenticeship Council and such appeal shall be heard
and determined by a committee of that Council appointed for the purpose.
(3)
The decision of the Committee under subsection (2) and subject only to such decision,
the decision of the Apprenticeship Adviser under subsection (1) shall be final.
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Every
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[trade apprentice] who has completed the period of training shall appear for a test
Every
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[trade apprentice] who passes the test referred to in sub-section (1) shall be
[(3) The progress in apprenticeship training of every graduate or technician apprentice shall be
assessed by the employer from time to time.] .
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[(4) Every graduate or technician apprentice or technician (vocational) apprentice who completes his apprenticeship training to the satisfaction of the concerned Regional Board,
shall be granted a certificate of proficiency by that Board.]
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It shall not be obligatory on the part of the employer to offer any employment to any
apprentice who has completed the period of his apprenticeship training in his
establishment, nor shall it be obligatory on the part of the apprentice to accept an
employment under the employer.
(2)
Provided that where such period of remuneration is not, in the opinion of the Apprenticeship
Adviser, reasonable, he may revise such period or remuneration so as to make it reasonable,
and the period or remuneration so revised shall be deemed to the period or remuneration
agreed to between the apprentice and the employer.
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CHAPTER-III
Authorities
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Authorities:
(1)
In addition to the Government, there shall be the following authorities under this Act,
namely :(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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(g)
(h)
(i)
(2)
Every State Council shall be affiliated to the National Council and every State Apprenticeship Council .shall be affiliated to the Central Apprenticeship Council.
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[(2-A) Every Board or State Council of Technical Education and every Regional Board shall be
affiliated to the Central Apprenticeship CounciL]
(3)
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Constitution of Councils:
(1 )
The Central Government shall, by Notification in the Official Gazette, establish the Central
Apprenticeship Council and the State Government shall, by notification in the Official
Gazette, establish the State Apprenticeship Council.
(2)
The Central Apprenticeship Council shall consist of [a Chairman and a Vice Chairman]89
and such number of other members as the. Central Government may think expedient, to
be appointed by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette, from among the
following categories of persons, namely
(b)
(c)
(a)
(3)
(4)
(b)
(c)
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(5)
The number of persons to be appointed as members of the State Apprenticeship Council '
. from each of the categories specified in sub-section (4), the term of office of, the
procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the manner of filling
vacancies among, the members of the Council shall be such as the State Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, determine.
(6)
The fees and allowances, if any, to be paid to [the Chairman and the Vice Chairman]97
and the other members of the Central Apprenticeship Council, shall be such as may be
determined by the Central Government and the fees and allowances if any, to be paid to
[the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman]98 and the other members of the State
Apprenticeship Council shall be such as may be determined by the State Government.
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Apprenticeship Advisers:
(1)
The Central Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a suitable
person as the Central Apprenticeship Adviser.
(2)
The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a suitable
person as the State Apprenticeship Adviser.
(3)
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The Central Apprenticeship Adviser shall be the Secretary to the Central Apprenticeship
Council and the State Apprenticeship Adviser shall be the Secretary to the State
Apprenticeship Council.
The Government 99[may appoint suitable persons as Additional, Joint, Regional, Deputy
and Assistant Apprenticeship Advisers] to assist the Apprenticeship Adviser in the performance of his functions.
[(2)
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Subject to any rule made in this behalf the 102[Central Apprenticeship Adviser, or such
other person, not below the rank of an Assistant Apprenticeship Adviser, as may be
authorised by the Central Apprenticeship Adviser in writing in this behalf] may
(a)
with such assistants, if any, as he thinks fit, enter, inspect and examine any establishment or part thereof at any reasonable time;
(b)
examine any apprentice employed therein or require the production of any register,
record or other documents maintained in pursuance of this Act and take on the spot
or otherwise statements of any persons which he may consider necessary for
carrying out the purposes of this Act;
(c)
make such examination and inquiry as he thinks fit in order to ascertain whether the
provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder are being observed in the
establishment;
(d)
Provided that 103[a State Apprenticeship Adviser or such other person, not below the rank of an
Assistant Apprenticeship Adviser, as may be authorised by the State Apprenticeship Adviser in
writing in this behalf] may also exercise any of the powers specified in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d)
of this sub-section in relation to establishments for which the appropriate Government is the
State Govemment.
(2)
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(2)
If any employer(a)
(b)
(c)
contravenes the provisions of this Act relating to the number of apprentices which
he is required to engage under those provisions, he shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine or with both.
(ii)
(iii)
(b)
(c)
(d)
employes an apprentice on any work which is not connected with his training, or
(e)
(f)
he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six month or
with fine or with both.
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Offences by companies:
(1)
If the person committing an offence under this Act, is a company, every persons who, at
the time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible to, the
company for the conduct of business of the company, as well as the company, shall be
deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and
punished accordingly:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-sectiol1,shall render any such person liable to such
punishment provided in this Act if he proves that the offence was committed without his
knowledge or that he exercised all the diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
(2)
Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), where an offence under this Act
has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed
with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any negligence on the part of, any
director, manager, secretary, or other officer of the company, such director, manager,
secretary, or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be
liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Explanation: For the purposes of this section
(a)
(b)
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Cognizance of offences:
No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act or the rules made thereunder
except on a complaint thereof in writing made by the Apprenticeship Adviser 106[or the officer of
the rank of Deputy Apprenticeship Adviser and above] within six months from the date or] which
the offence is alleged to have been committed.
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Delegation of powers:
The appropriate Government, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any power
exercisable by it under this Act or the rules made thereunder shall, in relation to such matters
and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the direction, be exercisable also
(a)
(b)
where the appropriate Government is the Central Government, by such officer or authority
subordinate to the Central Government or by State Government or by such officer or
authority subordinate to the State Government, as may be specified in the notification:
and
where the appropriate Government is the State Government, by such officer or authority
subordinate to the State Government, as may be specified in the notification.
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Construction of reference:
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(1)
Any reference in this Act or in the rules made thereunder to the Apprenticeship Council
shall, unless the context otherwise requires, means in relation to apprenticeship training in
a designated trade in an establishment in relation to which the Central Government is the
appropriate Government, the Central Apprenticeship Council and in relation to apprenticeship training in a designated trade in an establishment in relation to which the State
Government in the appropriate Government State Apprenticeship Council.
(2)
Any reference in this Act or in the rules made thereunder to the Apprenticeship Adviser
shall, unless the context otherwise requires
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(a)
(b)
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything
which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
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The Central Government may, after consulting the Central Apprenticeship Council, by
notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2)
Rules made under this Act may provide that a contravention of any such rule shall be
punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
(3)
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Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before
such House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may
be composed in one session 108[or in two or more successive sessions, and if before the
expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions
aforesaid] both Houses agree in making any modification in the rules or both Houses
agree that the rule should be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such
modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously
done under that rule.
Repeal
[Repealed by Act 52 of 1964]
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THE SCHEDULE
(See Section 16)
in Section 2
(a)
(b}
(c)
(d)
..
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
omit clauses (vi), (xi), (xiii), (xvii), (xviii), (xx), (xxii), (xxiv), (xxv) and (xxvi) in Schedule II.